Food Law News - 2017

For current news, see Food Law News. For other years, see: Food Law News - Index

EU: 22 December 2017 GMOs - Commission authorises six genetically modified products for food/feed uses
EU: 20 December 2017 LABELLING / QUALITY FOODS – Court Judgemet: A sorbet may be sold under the name ‘Champagner Sorbet’ if it has, as one of its essential characteristics, a taste attributable primarily to champagne
EU: 20 December 2017 GENERAL FOOD LAW - Draft Commission Roadmap: Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment model in the food chain
UK: 19 December 2017 LEGISLATION - Food and feed law: legislation review (July to September 2017)
UK: 19 December 2017 CONTAMINANTS - December 2017 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
UK: 14 December 2017 BOTTLED WATER - Implementing EU Directive 2015/1787 on the safety and quality of Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water for Human Consumption
EU: 13 December 2017 LABELLING - FoodDrinkEurope submits official complaint against Italy on Country of Origin Labelling (COOL)
EU: 13 December 2017 LABELING - Commission Notice relating to the provision of information on substances or products causing allergies or intolerances
EU: 13 December 2017 ADDITIVES - Phosphate additives in kebab meat: Commission proposal goes ahead: Parliament discussions
EU: 12 December 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Reference laboratories in the field of contaminants in feed and food: Council discussions
EU: 12 December 2017 PESTICIDES - Glyphosate: Commission responds to European Citizens' Initiative and announces more transparency in scientific assessments
EU: 12 December 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Draft delegated regulation: COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing European Union reference laboratories for pests of plants
EU: 11 December 2017 PESTICIDES - Pesticides - maximum residue levels: Council discussions
INT: 8 December 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (39th Session)
UK: 8 December 2017 HYGIENE - Consultation seeks views on the authorisation of the use of alternative systems for the disinfection of cutting tools in abattoirs and game handling establishments
EU: 7 December 2017 ADDITIVES - Update of list of authorised food-additives: Council Discussions
EU: 7 December 2017 CONTACT MATERIALS - Plastic materials for food - Scrutiny of Commission acts: Council Discussions
EU: 7 December 2017 HEALTH CLAIMS - Health claims made on foods: Council Discussions
EU: 7 December 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - New EU reference laboratories for contamination of bivalve molluscs and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs): Council Discussions
EU: 7 December 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Hydrocyanic acid in apricot kernels: Couincil Discussions
INT: 6 December 2017 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS - Standards and regulatory cooperation for the SDGs
UK: 6 December 2017 ADMINISTRATION - Summary of discussions at FSA Board meeting 6 December 2017
INT: 4 December 2017 NUTRITION - 39th Codex Nutrition Committee begins in Berlin
UK: 4 December 2017 HYGIENE - Chief Scientific Adviser's report confirms that mandatory display of FHRS drives up food safety compliance
INT: 1 December 2017 CODEX - Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (5th Session)
INT: 1 December 2017 CODEX - New Codex Website

EU: 30 November 2017 CONTAMINANTS - November 2017 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
EU: 30 November 2017 MEAT HYGIENE - According to Advocate General Wahl, the requirement for ritual slaughtering without stunning to be carried out in an approved slaughterhouse does not infringe the right to religious freedom
UK: 29 November 2017 LABELLING - WRAP launches new labelling guidance
UK: 29 November 2017 CONTAMINANTS - New EU acrylamide legislation
UK: 28 November 2017 LABELLING - FDF guidance to help manufacturers set the shelf-life of products
EU: 28 November 2017 ADDITIVES - MEPs move to block phosphate use in kebabs
EU: 28 November 2017 CONTACT MATERIALS - Commission consultation: Evaluation and fitness check roadmap: Evaluation of Food Contact Materials (FCM)
UK: 27 November 2017 HYGIENE - Watercress Industry Guide – Industry Guide to Good Hygiene Practice Published
EU: 27 November 2017 PESTICIDES - Summary Report of the Appeal Committee: Plant Protection Products - Glyphosate
INT: 27 November 2017 ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE - Codex Task Force on AMR begins in Jeju
EU: 22 November 2017 ORGANIC FOODS – Parliament's Discussion: Organic food: green light for fresh EU rules
EU: 21 November 2017 LABELLING - Commission Notice on the application of the principle of quantitative ingredients declaration (QUID)
UK: 21 November 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Seventh edition of Regulating Our Future Newsletter
EU: 21 November 2017 RASFF - The RASFF 2016 annual report is published
EU: 20 November 2017 ADDITIVES - Council Discussions: Update of list of authorised food-additives
EU: 20 November 2017 PESTICIDES - Council Discussions: Pesticides - maximum residue levels
EU: 20 November 2017 ORGANIC FOOD - Organic farming: new European rules confirmed
EU: 20 November 2017 ORGANIC FOOD - The new organic Regulation
EU: 20 November 2017 ORGANIC FOOD - New rules for organic farming: Statement by Commissioner Phil Hogan
EU: 17 November 2017 CONTAMINANTS - November 2017 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
INT: 17 November 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (49th Session)
UK: 17 November 2017 HYGIENE - HoC Select Committee: 2 Sisters and Standards in Poultry Processing report published
EU: 17 November 2017 TRANS FATS - Open public consultation on the initiative to limit industrial trans fats intakes in the EU
UK: 16 November 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Development of the FSA's Regulating Our Future (ROF) Proposals
UK: 16 November 2017 FOOD DEFENCE - Updated advice for businesses on protecting food and drink supply
EU: 13 November 2017 PESTICIDES – Council Discussions: Pesticides - maximum residue levels
EU: 13 November 2017 PESTICIDES - Commission consultation: Public Consultation on the REFIT evaluation of the EU legislation on plant protection products and pesticide residues
UK: 12 November 2017 MEAT HYGIENE - CCTV to be introduced in all slaughterhouses in England in 2018
UK: 9 November 2017 PESTICIDES - Environment Secretary backs further restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides
UK: 9 November 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Revised Food Law Practice Guidance Published
INT: 8 November 2017 CODEX - Technical Barriers to Trade meeting at WTO in Geneva
EU: 8 November 2017 PESTICIDES - College meeting: Glyphosate: state of play and the next steps
EU: 6 November 2017 FRUIT/VEGETABLES – Council Discussions: Adoption of Decision regarding the UNECE discussions on standards for fruits and vegetables
EU: 6 November 2017 SPIRITS - Council Discussions: Indications of spirit drinks
EU: 6 November 2017 FOOD QUALITY - Council Discussions: Outcome of the summit on 'Equal quality of products for all'
INT: 3 November 2017 SPS MEASURES - Formal Meeting: Pesticide residues top of agenda of WTO food safety body

UK: 26 October 2017 ENFORCEMENT - FSA Chair updates MPs and Peers on Regulating Our Future
EU: 25 October 2017 FOOD QUALITY - Outcomes of the Summit for Equal Quality of Products for All (Bratislava, 13 October 2017) - Information from the Slovak and Czech delegation
EU: 24 October 2017 PESTICIDES - MEPs demand glyphosate phase-out, with full ban by end 2022
UK: 24 October 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Northern Ireland's tenth food surveillance sampling report published
UK: 23 October 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Feedback from the European Commission's fact finding mission to the UK on the official controls on composite products
EU: 23 October 2017 PESTICIDES - Citizens' Initiative: Commission receives organisers of 'Stop Glyphosate' Initiative
INT: 20 October 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Labelling (44th Session)
INT: 19 October 2017 CODEX - Scientific basis of Codex work on veterinary drug residues: JECFA
EU: 19 October 2017 PESTICIDES - MEPs propose glyphosate phase-out, with full ban by end 2020
INT: 16 October 2017 CODEX - A commitment to food safety in Paraguay with Codex
EU: 16 October 2017 FOOD WASTE - Commission continues action against food waste and food poverty by facilitating food donation
EU: 12 October 2017 FOOD QUALITY - Dual quality food products: Commissioners Jourová and Andriukaitis at the consumer summit in Bratislava to present Commission's work against unfair practices in the Single Market
EU: 11 October 2017 PESTICIDES - Monsanto papers and glyphosate: lessons for the EU
EU: 9 October 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food: Council discussions
INT: 6 October 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (20th Session)
UK: 6 October 2017 HYGIENE - Update on FSA inspection of 2 Sisters Plant West Bromwich
EU: 5 October 2017 NOVEL FOODS - Commission consultation: Draft Regulation establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods
EU: 4 October 2017 PESTICIDES - Identifying endocrine disruptors: Parliament blocks plans exempting some pesticides
EU: 4 October 2017 RESIDUES - Commission consultation: Draft Implementing Regulation on detailed rules on the maximum residue limit to be considered for control purposes for foodstuffs derived from animals which have been treated under Article 11 of Directive 2001/82/EC
INT: 2 October 2017 CODEX - Codex standards for safe food and access to trade:Experts meet in Kampala to discuss standards for fresh fruits and vegetables

UK: 29 September 2017 HYGIENE - Update on FSA investigation into 2 Sisters Food Group
EU: 29 September 2017 WASTE / ANTI-MICROBIAL RESISTANCE - EU and FAO join forces to take action on food waste and antimicrobial resistance
UK: 28 September 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Update on advice to Local Authorities on the sale of apricot kernels and bitter almonds
UK: 28 September 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Regulating Our Future Primary Authority National Inspection Strategy project
INT: 27 September 2017 CODEX - As a group we have much to achieve
EU: 26 September 2017 FOOD QUALITY - Dual quality food products: Commission guides Member States to better tackle unfair practices
EU: 26 September 2017 FRAUD / EGGS - Commission and Member States agree on concrete measures against food fraud
EU: 25 September 2017 HYGIENE - Controls on fishery products: Council discussions
EU: 25 September 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Official controls feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare; Council discussions
EU: 25 September 2017 HYGIENE - Hygiene rules: meat transport and echinoderms - Council discussions
UK: 21 September 2017 CONTAMINANTS - FSS: Update on advice to Food Business Operators (FBO) on the sale of apricot kernels and bitter almonds
UK: 21 September 2017 EGGS - Update on Fipronil in Eggs
UK: 20 September 2017 BREXIT - Summary of discussions at FSA Board meeting 20 September 2017: Brexit, animal welfare and product recall
UK: 19 September 2017 MEAT / HYGIENE - Ensuring the safe production of meat
UK: 18 September 2017 ENFORCEMENT - FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
EU: 15 September 2017 NANOMATERIALS - Commission roadmap consultation: Revision of Commission Recommendation 2011/698/EU on the definition of nanomaterial
UK: 14 September 2017 EGGS - FSA: Update on Fipronil in Eggs
EU: 13 September 2017 CONTAMINANTS - MEPs oppose relaxing checks on food imports from Fukushima region
UK: 13 September 2017 HYGIENE - Food Hygiene Rating Scheme central to modernisation plans
EU: 13 September 2017 GM FOOD - Court of Justice: Member States may not adopt emergency measures regarding genetically modified food and feed unless it is evident that there is a serious risk to health or the environment
EU: 13 September 2017 FOOD QUALITY - The State of the Union 2017: Catching the wind in our sails
UK: 11 September 2017 HYGIENE - FSA welcomes Adam Halal Foods fine
UK: 8 September 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - 2016 Annual Report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
UK: 8 September 2017 BREXIT - The Food Standards Agency's Preparations for the UK's Exit from the European Union
UK: 7 September 2017 LABELLING – Alcoholic Drink Voluntary Labelling Update
UK: 7 September 2017 EGGS - FSA: Update on Fipronil in eggs
EU: 7 September 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Import of feed and food from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station: EP discussions
UK: 6 September 2017 HYGIENE - FSA welcomes fine for dairy farming brothers
UK: 6 September 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Large quantity of DNP seized in food crime operation
EU: 5 September 2017 IRRADIATION - Commission consultation: Evaluation of Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation
EU: 5 September 2017 EGGS - EU agriculture ministers received an overview of the fipronil contaminated eggs issue
EU: 5 September 2017 EGGS - Press remarks by Commissioner Andriukaitis following the Informal Agriculture Council

UK: 31 August 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Regulating our Future LA engagement events summary report
EU: 31 August 2017 EGGS - Fipronil in eggs: EU needs faster information exchange
UK: 31 August 2017 EGGS - FSA: Update on Fipronil in eggs
INT: 29 August 2017 CODEX - New Chair and Vice-Chairs to focus on strengthening participation in Codex
UK: 24 August 2017 EGGS - FSA: Update on Fipronil in eggs
EU: 23 August 2017 CONTACT MATERIALS - Commission consultation: The use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food and amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as regards the use of that substance in plastic food contact materials
UK: 23 August 2017 LEGISLATION - Food and Feed Law: legislation review (April - June 2017)
EU: 22 August 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Commission consultation: Amending Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of glycidyl fatty acid esters in vegetable oils and fats, infant formula, follow-on formula and foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children
UK: 18 August 2017 HEALTH - Next stage of world-leading childhood obesity plan announced
UK: 17 August 2017 EGGS – FSA: Update on Fipronil in eggs
EU: 11 August 2017 EGGS - Information note on EU measures concerning the illegal use of fipronil on some poultry farms
UK: 11 August 2017 MEAT - Mandatory CCTV in all slaughterhouses under new animal welfare plans
EU: 10 August 2017 EGGS - Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
UK: 10 August 2017 EGGS – Food Standards Agency: Update on Fipronil in eggs
EU: 7 August 2017 EGGS - Commission consultation: Amendment of marketing standards for free range eggs
UK: 7 August 2017 EGGS - Food Standards Agency: Update on Fipronil in eggs
EU: 3 August 2017 CONTAMINANTS - August 2017 legislative update on chemical contaminants in food: Acrylamide update
INT: 2 August 2017 CODEX - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Fortieth Session Report Published

UK: 31 July 2017 MEAT - Two men jailed over horsemeat fraud
EU: 27 July 2017 HYGIENE / TRADE - The TRACES Annual Report 2016 is published
UK: 26 July 2017 MEAT - Businessman found guilty at horsemeat fraud trial
UK: 21 July 2017 MILK - Impact Assessment for New Labelling Provisions to Protect Vulnerable Consumers from Risks Associated with Consumption of Raw Drinking Milk (RDM) and Cream
INT: 19 July 2017 ENFORCEMENT - FAO/WHO Food Control System Assessment Tool
EU: 19 July 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Acrylamide: vote in favour of Commission's proposal to reduce presence in food
EU: 19 July 2017 NOVEL FOODS - Commission Implementing Regulation laying down administrative and scientific requirements for novel food applications
EU: 19 July 2017 NOVEL FOODS - Draft implementing regulation: Commission Impl. Reg. laying down administrative & scientific requirements for traditional foods from a Third Country
EU: 19 July 2017 NOVEL FOODS - Draft implementing regulation: Implementing act on procedures for novel food status
UK: 19 July 2017 ENCORCEMENT - FSA publishes plans for future food regulation
INT: 18 July 2017 CODEX - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Decisions taken at the 18 July 2017 Session
INT: 17 July 2017 CODEX - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Decisions taken at the 17 July 2017 Session
INT: 17 July 2017 ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE - Codex and AMR: from commitment to action
EU: 17 July 2017 DIETARY FOODS - Diet replacement for weight control: Council discussions
EU: 17 July 2017 LABELLING - Dual quality of foodstuffs: presentation of the latest study and meeting in Bratislava on 30 May 2017
EU: 17 July 2017 LABELLING - Consequences of mandatory food origin labelling on the internal market - Council Disussions
INT: 16 July 2017 CODEX - 40th Codex Alimentarius Commission begins in Geneva Monday 17th July
INT: 13-14 July 2017 SPS COMMITTEE - WTO members adopt report on food safety agreement
UK: 13 July 2017 BREXIT - Guidance for businesses and organisations on the Repeal Bill: Information for businesses on the Bill to convert EU law to UK law.
UK: 13 July 2017 BREXIT - Latest news on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19
EU: 13 July 2017 BEEF - Scientists investigate origin of isolated BSE cases
INT: 12 July 2017 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS - Countries urged to reap benefits of food trade by engaging in standards setting
EU: 12 July 2017 HYGIENE – Draft COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) permitting the use of Listex™ P100 for the reduction of Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat products of animal origin
EU: 12 July 2017 ADDITIVES - EFSA reviews safety of glutamates added to food
EU: 10 July 2017 FLAVOURINGS - Legislation to prohibit the use of a flavouring substance
UK: 10 July 2017 RESIDUES - Residue Plans for Products of Animal Origin
EU: 5 July 2017 CONTAMINANTS – Draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/6 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station
EU: 4 July 2017 RESIDUES - Endocrine disruptors: major step towards protecting citizens and environment

UK: 30 June 2017 CONTACT MATERIALS - Post implementation review of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012
EU: 29 June 2017 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Evaluation of marketing standards (contained in the CMO Regulation, the “breakfast directives” and CMO secondary legislation)
EU: 29 June 2017 HYGIENE – Draft Commission Implementing Regulation extending the special guarantees concerning Salmonella spp. laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council to meat derived from broilers (Gallus gallus) intended for Denmar
UK: 29 June 2017 ENFORCEMENT - FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement data
EU: 29 June 2017 ORGANIC FOOD - Organic food: new rules for EU label agreed [European Parliament Press Release]
EU: 28 June 2017 ORGANIC FOODS - Green light to new European rules on organic farming [Council Press Release]
EU: 23 June 2017 CONTAMINANTS - June 2017 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
EU: 21 June 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards maximum residue levels for mercury compounds in or on certain products
EU: 21 June 2017 EFSA - EFSA reinforces independence policy
EU: 19 June 2017 BREXIT - Opening of negotiations: European Parliament reactions
EU: 19 June 2017 BREXIT - Speech by Michel Barnier, the European Commission's Chief Negotiator, following the first round of Article 50 negotiations with the UK
EU: 19 June 2017 WASTE – Council Discussions: Waste package
UK: 19 June 2017 ADULTERATION – Information on Potential Emerging Risks
UK: 15 June 2017 LEGISLATION - Food and Feed Law: legislation review (January - March 2017)
EU: 14 June 2017 LABELLING - Court of Justice concludes purely plant-based products cannot, in principle, be marketed with designations such as ‘milk’, ‘cream’, ‘butter’, ‘cheese’ or ‘yoghurt’, which are reserved by EU law for animal products
EU: 13 June 2017 PESTICIDES - Glyphosate: MEPs grilled Commission on “Monsanto papers”
EU: 13 June 2017 WASTE - Food waste: EU leading the way in the fight against food waste
UK: 12 June 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS / CONTAMINANTS – Publication of Commission Audit report on the UK controls on contaminants in foods.
EU: 12 June 2017 ADDITIVES - Council Discussions: Stabiliser in wine
EU: 12 June 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Council Discussions: EU reference laboratory for foodborne viruses
EU: 12 June 2017 HYGIENE - Council Discussions: Meat fraud in Brazil
EU: 12 June 2017 ORGANIC FOODS – Council Discussions: Organic production and labelling of organic products
EU: 9 June 2017 CONTAMINANTS – Draft Commission Regulation on the application of control and mitigation measures to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food
EU: 8 June 2017 RESIDUES / LABELLING - Better Regulation: Commission listens to citizens' and experts' ideas for improving EU laws
EU: 8 June 2017 HEALTH CLAIMS - The European Court of Justice confirms that a number of health claims relating to glucose cannot be authorised
EU: 7 June 2017 PESTICIDES - Draft Commission Regulation replacing Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council
EU: 2 June 2017 QUALITY PRODUCTS - 100 European geographical indications set to be protected in China

EU: 31 May 2017 HYGIENE - Draft Commission Regulation to allow harvesting marine echinoderms outside classified production areas
EU: 30 May 2017 HYGIENE - Draft Commission Regulation on official controls for echinoderms harvested outside classified production areas
INT: 30 May 2017 NUTRITION / LABELLING - Seventieth World Health Assembly Update, 30 May 2017: Discussions on Noncommunicable diseases and Childhood Obesity
EU: 29 May 2017 ADDITIVES - Council Discussions: Authorisation of food additives
EU: 29 May 2017 ADDITIVES - Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sweeteners in fine bakery wares
EU: 22 May 2017 BREXIT - Council (Art 50) authorises the start of Brexit talks and adopts negotiating directives
INT: 19 May 2017 CODEX - Codex Coordinating Committee for the Near East (9th Session)
EU: 17 May 2017 GMOs - European Parliament: Calls to halt GM maize and cotton import
EU: 16 May 2017 FOOD WASTE - Cutting food waste: Parliament discussions
INT: 15 May 2017 CODEX - Regional Meeting for Near East begins in Rome
INT: 12 May 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (38th Session)
EU: 11 May 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Pesticides - maximum residue levels: Council discussions
INT: 6 May 2017 CODEX - New Chair for CCMAS, Dr Marót Hibbey, responds to questions
INT: 5 May 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (23rd Session)
EU: 3 May 2017 HYGIENE - EU alkaline phosphatase activity in cheese proposals
EU: 2 May 2017 HYGIENE - Commission proposal to amend the temperature conditions during transport of meat

INT: 30 April 2017 CODEX - CCFICS 23rd Session - Co-hosted in Mexico - Chair answers some questions
INT: 29 April 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (49th Session)
EU: 25 April 2017 SUPPLEMENTS - Council discussions: Authorisation of organic silicon in food supplements
EU: 25 April 2017 CLAIMS - Council discussions: Health claims made on foods
EU: 18 April 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Addendum to March 2017 legislative update on chemical contaminants in food
EU: 18 April 2017 ORGANIC FOOD - Imports of organic products subject to new EU electronic certification system
INT: 7 April 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (11th Session)
EU: 7 April 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - New Regulation on Official Controls published in the Official Journal
EU: 5 April 2017 GMOs - Call to halt new GM maize authorisation: European Parliament Debate
INT: 3 April 2017 CODEX / CONTAMINANTS - Codex Contaminants Committee meeting in Rio
EU: 3 April 2017 ADDITIVES/CONTAMINANTS - Authorisation of food additives - Setting maximum levels of certain contaminants: Council discussions
EU: 3 April 2017 HYGIENE - Press Statement on the Fraudulent Practices in the Brazilian Meat Sector - Agrifish Council Meeting In Luxembourg
EU: 3 April 2017 HYGIENE - Brazilian meat fraud: EU Council discussions
UK: 3 April 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Publication of aide-memoires for use in Approved Establishments

UK: 31 March 2017 NOVEL FOODS - Proposed Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2017
UK: 30 March 2017 ENFORCMENT - Revised Food Law Code Of Practice
EU: 30 March 2017 GM FOOD - According to Advocate General Bobek, Member States can adopt emergency measures regarding genetically modified food and feed only if they can establish, in addition to urgency, a clear and serious risk to health and the environmentAdvocate General's Opinion in Case C-111/16
UK: 30 March 2017 BREXIT - Certainty and stability for UK businesses as negotiations begin on new relationship with Europe [White Paper published]
EU: 29 March 2017 BREXIT - MEPs set out conditions for approving UK withdrawal agreement
EU: 29 March 2017 BREXIT - Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union – Q&A
EU: 29 March 2017 BREXIT - Statement by the European Council* (Art. 50) on the UK notification
EU: 29 March 2017 BREXIT - Prime Minister's letter to Donald Tusk triggering Article 50
INT: 24 March 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Additives (49th Session)
EU: 24 March 2017 EFSA - Draft EFSA's policy on independence. How the European Food Safety Authority assures the impartiality of professionals contributing to its operations
INT: 23 March 2017 WTO/SPS - Brazil reassures WTO members about its meat safety measures
UK: 23 March 2017 ADDITIVES - Use of colour E 155 (brown HT) on cooked chicken products
EU: 21 March 2017 RESIDUES - Council discussions: Pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs
UK: 17 March 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Food Standards Agency: Fourth edition of Regulating Our Future Newsletter
INT: 17 March 2017 ADDITIVES - Codex Food Additives Committee meeting in Macao, China
EU: 16 March 2017 CONTAMINANTS - March 2017 legislative update on chemical contaminants in food
EU: 15 March 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Tougher food inspections from farm to fork (EP Press Release)
EU: 15 March 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Enforcement of rules along the agri-food chain in the EU: Q&A on the new Official Controls Regulation
EU: 15 March 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Statement by Commissioner Andriukaitis on the Adoption of the Regulation on Official Controls
EU: 13 March 2017 LABELLING - Labelling of alcoholic beverages: Commission report invites the industry to submit a self-regulatory proposal
UK: 9 March 2017 ENFORCEMENT - FSA Update to Local Authorities in England
UK: 9 March 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Regulating Our Future audit data research published
EU: 7 March 2017 FOOD SAFETY - Update on multi-country Salmonella outbreak: steep fall in reported cases
UK: 6 March 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Publishing UK Food Surveillance System (UKFSS) Data
EU: 6 March 2017 CONTAMINANTS - Pesticides - maximum residue levels: Council discussions
EU: 6 March 2017 FOOD QUALITY - Dual quality of foodstuffs: Council discussions
INT: 3 March 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Fats and oils (25th Session)
EU: 2 March 2017 CLAIMS - Open Public Consultation in relation with the evaluation on the Regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods
EU: 2 March 2017 HYGIENE - Food safety: simpler rules proposed by EFSA for small retailers

UK: 23 February 2017 MEAT HYGIENE - Proposal to introduce specific approval for the production of minced meat (MM) / meat preparations (MP) intended to be eaten less than thoroughly cooked (LTTC)
INT: 23 February 2017 TRADE - WTO confirms Russian pork ban is illegal
INT: 22 February 2017 WTO - WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement enters into force
UK: 22 February 2017 LEGISLATION - Food and Feed Law: legislation review (October - December 2016)
EU: 21 February 2017 HYGIENE - Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Campylobacter in broiler carcases
EU: 20 February 2017 DIETARY FOODS - Specific rules concerning food replacing the whole daily diet for weight reduction purposes
UK: 20 February 2017 HYGIENE - Risk Based Primary Production Food Hygiene Inspections
UK: 20 February 2017 MEAT HYGIENE - Setting the record straight on meat inspection
EU: 17 February 2017 CONTACT MATERIALS – Council discussions on amendment to controls on food contact materials
EU: 17 February 2017 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - DG Health and Food Safety publishes its programme of audits and analysis for 2017
EU: 15 February 2017 INTERNAL MARKET - February infringements package: key decisions - Commission launches infringement procedures against HUNGARY and ROMANIA regarding retail trade of agricultural and food products
EU: 15 February 2017 PESTICIDES - MEPs call for fast-track approval of low-risk pesticides
EU: 14 February 2017 ADMINISTRATION - Comitology: Commission proposes more transparency and accountability in procedures for implementing EU law
EU: 14 February 2017 ADMINISTRATION -Comitology Procedure Reforms: Questions & Answers
UK: 13 February 2017 ENFORCEMENT - Primary Authority consultation to help all UK businesses grow
INT: 10 February 2017 CODEX - Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (3rd Session)
UK: 9 February 2017 HYGIENE - Consultation on the Review of two Exemptions currently under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
INT: 1 February 2017 CODEX – Preview of the Spices Committee Meeting: Chennai 6-10 February

EU: 31 January 2017 CLAIMS - Updated guidance: how to prepare a health claim application
INT: 20 January 2017 CODEX - FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee For Africa (22nd Session)
EU: 13 January 2017 BEEF - The reopening of the American market for French beef: declaration by European Commissioners Cecilia Malmström, Vytenis Andriukaitis and Phil Hogan

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